Just a casual conversation between Elon Musk AND JOHN CARMACK?!
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That's his spare time hobby.
Gormless Noodle
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It's been a private project of his if I remember correctly.
itwasTuesday
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You can replace "rocket physics" with anything in that sentence.
Armadillo aerospace is his company for privatized rockets.
SpaceX is similar but for Elon Musk
Founder of Armadillo Aerospace which even won some couple of challenges on the subject of space tourism.
Well his picture does have a rocket in it.
LabouredSubterfuge
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He's a part time rocket scientist.
Surface of Me
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This is so insane, that sentence. Carmack is awesome.
diggmcbadass
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Omega Ultimus
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It says on his Wiki page that he taught himself aerospace engineering. Impressive stuff.
StalkerUKCG
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Carmack is basically a high level armature at rockets I believe.
I'd give lots to just sit in a room with those two people.
CassidyIzABeast
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Pfft. I've seen and heard all of those words before. Big deal.
Hey Laboured my old gooner friend! Are you afraid? Monday night will come and you'll feel your heart beats only for one team! Always Arsenal. btw what's the alternative to our lost home?
I'll try to sneak in something topic related... let's see
John Carmack, where do I know him from? Kinda recognize his name, but there is no pic of him in my mind. Can someone pls deliver one?
Zantetsuken
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Even crazier that you only have so many characters to get your point across about rocket science.
In reality they only need to look into each other's eyes to understand.
Compsiox
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I knew that not everybody can be a rocket scientist but this is a whole new level.
Compsiox
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Nerdkiller
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Sociopathery..
Well okay, somebody who was succesfull 20 years ago with ego-shooters.
Oh my god I can't believe what I just read. Carmack basically invented realtime 3D graphics and the first person shooter, and is still today one of the most respected programmers in the industry
Compsiox
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THE most respected programmer in the industry
Someone who pioneered and influenced 3D game development, first person shooters in general, many modern rendering techniques and the way current graphics cards work and modern gaming netcode.
He slowed down at bit after Doom 3 `which was also hugely influential` and worked on the engine used in Rage where he focussed too much on megatextures which was too far ahead of it time and rocket science as sort of a hobby.
Now he`s working on VR tech with Oculus and Samsung to solve a lot of the issues remaining with VR.
+ He knows cars
ScottSullivan
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If Brad Shoemaker doesn't talk about this next bombcast,,,
Lionel Mandrake
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Where's our John Carmack movie?
eot
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AuthenticM
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shit. I always thought he spoke like a psychopath.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
You should listen to The Infinite Monkey Cage podcast.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
Don't be so hard on Elon.
Bomber Bob
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oh god elon musk got old
Scoot McNairy
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"As reported in David Kushner's Masters of Doom, when Carmack was 14, he broke into a school to help a group of kids steal Apple II computers. To gain entry to the building, Carmack concocted a sticky substance of Thermite mixed with Vaseline that melted through the windows. However, an overweight accomplice struggled to get through the hole, and opened the window, setting off a silent alarm and alerting police. John was arrested, and sent for psychiatric evaluation (the report mentions 'no empathy for other human beings' and describes Carmack as 'a brain on legs'). Carmack was then sentenced to a year in a juvenile home."
Amaze.
Amaze.
Scoot McNairy
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I'd rather be in a room with Emma Watson, K Stew and that girl with the square jaw from the Diet Coke adverts.
Who is Yu?
Corrinne Yu
ChawlieTheFair
pip pip cheerio you slags!
killer rin
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I do wonder. If you were to put say 300 of the top industry people into one room, gave them unlimited budget and told them go nuts, what they would put out. I could only imagine it would be mind blowing.
I wonder if he is one :/
Compsiox
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He does look like one.
I don't know much about her but does Corinne Yu have some other knowledge aside programming? Because otherwise she really wouldn't fit that much...
diggmcbadass
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If you go by traditional checklists there really aren't any criteria that fits. At least not with how he appears in when giving interviews, doing speeches and developing technology.
I'm not really up on the exact timelines so I can't comment on that. The bigger point though is that parts of his net-code are still used in current online games. So whether first or not, that speaks to the quality of it.
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